Quality Assurance Checklist (10.3) - Unit 3: Creating the Solution (Criterion C)
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Quality Assurance Checklist

Quality Assurance Checklist

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Introduction & Overview

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Quick Overview

A **QA Checklist** is a tool used to systematically review a digital prototype, ensuring it meets all design standards, functional requirements, and visual specifications for consistency and quality before finalization. ## Medium Summary This section introduces the **Quality Assurance (QA) Checklist** as an indispensable tool in the final stages of prototype development. It emphasizes its role in systematically verifying every aspect of the digital solution, from consistent grid settings and accessible **color contrast** to correctly linked **prototype flows** and meticulously managed **feedback logs**. Utilizing this checklist ensures that the prototype is polished, functional, and aligns with all design principles and project requirements before final presentation or user testing.

Standard

This section introduces the Quality Assurance (QA) Checklist as an indispensable tool in the final stages of prototype development. It emphasizes its role in systematically verifying every aspect of the digital solution, from consistent grid settings and accessible color contrast to correctly linked prototype flows and meticulously managed feedback logs. Utilizing this checklist ensures that the prototype is polished, functional, and aligns with all design principles and project requirements before final presentation or user testing.

Key Concepts

  • Visual Consistency: Ensuring uniformity across grids, spacing, and typography.

  • Accessibility: Adherence to standards like WCAG AA for color contrast.

  • Functional Integrity: Verifying that all links and interactive elements work as intended.

  • Documentation: Logging feedback and changes to show the design's evolution.

  • Examples

  • Flow Check Example: Clicking through the checkout process of your prototype to ensure the "Back to Cart" button correctly links to the previous screen and not the homepage.

  • Consistency Check Example: Using a contrast checker tool to verify that the light gray text used on all secondary buttons meets the 4.5:1 ratio against the white background.

  • Flashcards

  • Term: What design standard must be checked for color contrast?

  • Definition: WCAG AA standards.

  • Term: Why must components have defined variants?

  • Definition: To provide necessary visual feedback to the user (e.g., showing a hover state).

  • Term: What is the purpose of logging feedback and changes?

  • Definition: To create a transparent record (change log) that proves the design was responsive to user input.

  • Memory Aids

  • Rhyme: Check the Flows, check the Grid, check the Contrastβ€”nothing is hid\!

  • Mnemonic: Q.A. F.I.T.: Quality Assurance Flows, Interactions, Typography/Grid.

  • Analogy: The QA Checklist is like a pilot's pre-flight checklist: it's the final systematic review that ensures every part (visual, functional, and documentation) is perfect before "takeoff" (presentation/testing).

Examples & Applications

Flow Check Example: Clicking through the checkout process of your prototype to ensure the "Back to Cart" button correctly links to the previous screen and not the homepage.

Consistency Check Example: Using a contrast checker tool to verify that the light gray text used on all secondary buttons meets the 4.5:1 ratio against the white background.

Flashcards

Term: What design standard must be checked for color contrast?

Definition: WCAG AA standards.

Term: Why must components have defined variants?

Definition: To provide necessary visual feedback to the user (e.g., showing a hover state).

Term: What is the purpose of logging feedback and changes?

Definition: To create a transparent record (change log) that proves the design was responsive to user input.

Memory Aids

Rhyme: Check the Flows, check the Grid, check the Contrastβ€”nothing is hid\!

Mnemonic: Q.A. F.I.T.: Quality Assurance Flows, Interactions, Typography/Grid.

Analogy: The QA Checklist is like a pilot's pre-flight checklist: it's the final systematic review that ensures every part (visual, functional, and documentation) is perfect before "takeoff" (presentation/testing).

Memory Aids

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Rhymes

Check the Flows, check the Grid, check the Contrastβ€”nothing is hid\!
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Memory Tools

Quality Assurance Flows, Interactions, Typography/Grid.
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Memory Tools

it's the final systematic review that ensures every part (visual, functional, and documentation) is perfect before "takeoff" (presentation/testing).

Flash Cards

Glossary

Change Log

A document detailing all iterations and revisions made in response to feedback or bug fixes.

Documentation

Logging feedback and changes to show the design's evolution.

Consistency Check Example

Using a contrast checker tool to verify that the light gray text used on all secondary buttons meets the 4.5:1 ratio against the white background.

Definition

To create a transparent record (change log) that proves the design was responsive to user input.

Analogy

The QA Checklist is like a pilot's pre-flight checklist: it's the final systematic review that ensures every part (visual, functional, and documentation) is perfect before "takeoff" (presentation/testing).

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